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Edward Smith Parsons Papers
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Contents List
Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE,
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1903-1943
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Series 1, Correspondence, 1903-1943, is organized into two sub-series:
A. Correspondence and Notes Regarding Parsons' Dismissal from Colorado College, 1916-1921. Notes include statements made by female employees and a group of faculty members at the college regarding the conduct of President Slocum, and documentation of Dean Parsons' dismissal from the college by the board of trustees. Material in this sub-series is organized chronologically by year.
B. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1903-1943. The bulk of this correspondence dates from 1940-1943 and concerns an article that Parsons was preparing for publication, "Concerning 'The Earliest Life of Milton'," which was published in June 1942. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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Sub-Series A: Correspondence and Notes Regarding Parsons' Dismissal from Colorado College
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Correspondence
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1915-1916
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Box 1: folder 1
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Correspondence
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1917
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Box 1: folder 2
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Correspondence
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1917
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Box 1: folder 3
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Correspondence
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1917
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Box 1: folder 4
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Correspondence
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1917
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Box 1: folder 5
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Correspondence
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1917
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Box 1: folder 6
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Correspondence
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1918
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Box 1: folder 7
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Correspondence
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1918
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Box 1: folder 8
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Correspondence
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1918
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Box 1: folder 9
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Correspondence
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1919
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Box 1: folder 10
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Correspondence
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1919
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Box 1: folder 11
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Correspondence
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1920
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Box 1: folder 12
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Correspondence
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1921
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Box 1: folder 13
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Undated Correspondence
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 14
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Sub-Series B: Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Correspondence - miscellaneous
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1901-1933
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Box 1: folder 15
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Correspondence - mostly concerning an article Parsons was preparing, "Concerning 'The Earliest Life of Milton'," which was published in June 1942
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1940-1943
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Box 1: folder 16
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1883-1943
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Series 2, Diaries, 1883-1943, are personal notes entered on an almost daily basis. Several of the diaries are "Line-a-Day" books with each page showing entries for the same day over a four or five year period. There is a gap in the diaries from 1889 to 1899.
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3 diaries
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1883-1884
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Box 1: folder 17
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4 diaries
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1884-1886
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Box 1: folder 18
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4 diaries
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1886-1888
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Box 1: folder 19
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2 diaries
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1900-1905
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Box 2: folder 1
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3 diaries
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1906-1921
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Box 2: folder 2
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2 diaries
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1921-1930
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Box 2: folder 3
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3 diaries
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1930-1943
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Box 2: folder 4
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Loose materials removed from diaries
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1883-1943
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Box 2: folder 5
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Series 3: SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ON JOHN MILTON,
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1877-1936 AND N.D.
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Series 3, Scholarly Research on John Milton, 1877-1933 and n.d., consists of notes and articles related to Parsons' scholarly research about the poet John Milton.
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The Puritan Epic, the Paradise Lost
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 6
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"On the Study of Paradise Lost"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 7
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"The Puritan Scholar and His Book"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 8
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Harry Martin," "Marvell and Cromwell," "Milton and Cromwell
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 9
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"Milton's Life and Times"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 10
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"Milton and His Blindness"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 11
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"Poetical Epithets of the Nightingale"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 12
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The Youth of Milton," "The Character of Milton's Satan
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 13
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"Milton and Vane"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 14
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"Milton: The Puritan Youth"; "Milton's Musical Friend" (on Henry Lawes) and "Milton's Young Friends" (based on his "Sonnet to Mr. Lawrence")
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 15
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Articles on Milton
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1933, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 16
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Ms of Parsons' article on "The Authorship of the Anonymous Life of Milton," related notes and correspondence
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[1935]-1936
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Box 2: folder 17
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Notes and articles on Milton
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1877, 1884, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 18
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Materials relating to Milton, miscellaneous
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1883-1943
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Box 2: folder 19
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1915-1917, n.d.
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Series 4, Miscellaneous, 1915-1917, consists of printed matter related to Parsons' work during World War I after leaving Colorado College.
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Miscellaneous printed matter: "English for Coming Americans" lessons and teacher's aids; 3 items related to Army Y.M.C.A., Camp Meade, Maryland, 1917
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1915-1917, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 20
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1903-1921
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Series 5, News Clippings, 1903-1921, consist of loose newspaper clippings and a scrapbook documenting Parsons' career.
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Loose clippings
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1916-1921
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Box 2: folder 21
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Scrapbook with news clippings
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1903-1917
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Box 3: folder 1
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